Ontario MPT Practice Test 5

All 25 questions in this test

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1. A program sets total = 0, then repeats "add 4 to total" 6 times. What is total at the end?

   1. 10
   2. 4
   3. 24
   4. 46

2. In the Ontario curriculum, how do overall expectations differ from specific expectations?

   1. Overall ones are optional, while specific ones are required
   2. Overall ones apply only to the Grade 9 math course
   3. Specific ones are never assessed or evaluated by teachers
   4. Overall ones describe general knowledge; specific ones give the detail

3. Which quadrilateral always has four equal sides but not necessarily four right angles?

   1. Rhombus
   2. Rectangle
   3. Trapezoid
   4. Kite

4. Add two fractions with unlike denominators: 2/5 + 3/10.

   1. 5/15
   2. 7/10
   3. 5/10
   4. 1/2

5. A rectangular prism is 5 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. What is its volume?

   1. 60 cm³
   2. 94 cm³
   3. 47 cm³
   4. 12 cm³

6. A spinner lands on blue 18 times in 60 spins. What is the experimental probability of blue?

   1. 0.3
   2. 0.18
   3. 0.42
   4. 0.6

7. Which graph is best for showing how a class's heights are distributed across intervals such as 140–149 cm and 150–159 cm?

   1. A circle graph
   2. A pictograph of pets
   3. A line graph
   4. A histogram

8. Which is one of the four achievement chart categories?

   1. Attendance
   2. Thinking
   3. Behaviour
   4. Effort

9. How many fundamental principles of assessment does Growing Success set out?

   1. Three
   2. Five
   3. Ten
   4. Seven

10. According to Growing Success, what is the primary purpose of assessment?

    1. To decide report card comments only
    2. To rank students against each other
    3. To improve student learning
    4. To fill the gradebook with marks

11. A student claims 1/3 + 1/4 = 2/7. Which model best shows why this is wrong?

    1. A hundreds chart that shows only the even numbers
    2. A bar graph of the class's favourite fruits
    3. A number line showing 1/3 alone is already more than 2/7
    4. A tally chart of the class's votes for team names

12. A student chooses between a number line, a calculator and mental math to solve a problem. Which mathematical process is this?

    1. Reflecting
    2. Connecting
    3. Communicating
    4. Selecting tools and strategies

13. A 2.4 m board is cut into pieces 30 cm long. How many pieces are there?

    1. 0.08
    2. 12
    3. 8
    4. 80

14. What percentage range corresponds to level 3 achievement?

    1. 70–79%
    2. 50–59%
    3. 60–69%
    4. 80–100%

15. A growing pattern has 5, 9, 13, 17 tiles in figures 1 to 4. Which expression gives the tiles in figure n?

    1. n + 4
    2. 4n + 5
    3. 4n + 1
    4. 5n

16. The temperature is −7 °C at dawn and rises 12 degrees by noon. What is the noon temperature?

    1. 5 °C
    2. −19 °C
    3. 19 °C
    4. −5 °C

17. Between which two consecutive whole numbers does √50 lie?

    1. 5 and 6
    2. 24 and 26
    3. 7 and 8
    4. 6 and 7

18. Which values of x make 2x − 3 > 7 true?

    1. x > 5
    2. x < 5
    3. x > 2
    4. x > 10

19. How many categories of knowledge and skills are in the achievement chart?

    1. Three
    2. Four
    3. Five
    4. Six

20. In the number 4 307.25, what is the value of the digit 7?

    1. 7 hundreds
    2. 7 ones
    3. 7 tenths
    4. 7 tens

21. On a distance–time graph, a horizontal segment means the traveller is:

    1. stopped
    2. speeding up
    3. moving at a steady speed
    4. walking back home

22. Which is the best estimate of 49 × 21?

    1. 1 000
    2. 70
    3. 10 000
    4. 100

23. Evaluate the product of powers 2³ × 3².

    1. 36
    2. 216
    3. 72
    4. 12

24. Which list orders the decimals 0.6, 0.45, 0.405 and 0.5 from least to greatest?

    1. 0.45, 0.405, 0.5, 0.6
    2. 0.6, 0.5, 0.45, 0.405
    3. 0.405, 0.45, 0.5, 0.6
    4. 0.5, 0.6, 0.45, 0.405

25. Point (−1, 4) is translated 5 units right and 3 units down. Where is its image?

    1. (4, 1)
    2. (4, 7)
    3. (2, 9)
    4. (−6, 7)